Hinge



(No Model.)

H. H. GRIDLEYf HINGE.

Patented Jan. 16. 1894.

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HENRY n. STANLEY WORKS, or

HINGE.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,042, dated January16 1894.

Application filed December 19, 1891. Serial No. 415,633. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that LHENRY H. GRIDLEYJL citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in Springfieldfin the county of I-Iampden'and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges andAdj usting Devices for the Same, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings andletters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to devices. by theemployment of which the door maybe varied relative to its first position, as ordinarily hung.

My invention also relates to a means for providing a lubricant for thehinge joint and I accomplish the objects of my invention by theconstruction herein shown. 7

In the accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference indicatelike parts, Figure 1 is a side view of a hinge showing my device appliedthereon. Fig. 2 is a side view in section on an enlarged scale showingthe cup shaped washer and removable disks or rings therein. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the cup shaped washer on an enlarged scale, and Fig.4 is a section showing arrangement of lubricant holding washer.

, cates an opening therein washer to permit it to In detail a and 1)indicate the two hinge sections.

0 indicates the-cup shaped washer. d indifor the passage of the hingespindle;

6 indicates an opening in the side of the cup shaped body findicatesmetallic washers and 9 indicates a washer of felt or similar softmaterial.

The construction and operation of my device will be readily understoodon reference to the drawings A cup shaped washer cis provided havingacentral opening for the passage of the hinge spindle, and being made ofsufficient size to pass snugly over either one of the rounded jointportions of the hinge. An opening 6 being formed in the side wall of thecup shaped pass by the edge of the leaf of the hinge next adjacent tothe joint, I provide two or more washers or ringsf which rings orwashers are fitted within the cup shaped washer and are provided withopenings for the passage of thehinge spindle through them. If new thedoor behung when the cup shaped washer is about half filled with thedisks or washers f, and thedoor or casing shall sag or be distorted inany way, if no means were provided for varying the relative height orposition of the door with reference to the casing, it would be necessaryto either reset the hinges or cut off a portion of the door or frame. Toavoid this with the employment of my device, it simply requires that thedoor be lifted disconnecting the hinge j oin'ts and if it requireraising then other disks are inserted in the cup shaped washer and thedoor replaced, thus raising the same a distance equal to the thicknessof the washer added, andif it be required to lower the door then some ofthe washers already in the cup shaped washer are removed, thus providinga ready and convenient method of changing the position of the door andavoiding the difficulty heretofore experienced.

Within the cup shaped washer I find it, in some cases, advisable toinsert a washer made of felt or other similar material and saturate thesame with oil or other suitable lubricant, and in this manner thebearing surface may be permanently maintained in a lubricated condition,thus avoiding the disagreeable squeaking or grinding noise frequentlyfound when the hinge joints become dry. By the employment of the cupshaped exterior washer the hinge will always present the same exteriorappearance, and it is immaterial whether the inner washers be of uniformthickness or of the same diameter or not as they are hid-' GRIDLEY, OFSPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

' concealedwit hini the;cup-shapedwasher,

whereby the relatives positfieu'smfli thelhin'ge sections may be nicelyadjusted by means of the numberof such disks so inserted, substantiallyas described.

2., In, a. hiuge,r,awasher for, insertieu between the hinge e t rq saaiili asher e ng; i cup-sl1apedtohold'aliquid lubricaufiandhav 1F ingtherein a plurality of auxiliary washers, 10 the upper and lower ofwhich are metallic, r

and theintermediateare fibrous or pcrcus, andl adaptedi to-besatimvat-ed with-the liquid lubricant, said auxiliary washers beingconcealed by the sides of the cup-shaped washer, substantially asdescribed. 1

. HZ"? GRIDLEY.

Witnesses:

ALLEN WEBSTER, HENRY HOLLAND.

